Congratulations to all of you! It was ver difficult to pick just seven! Thanks to all of you bloggers who make a effort to comment. Every little comment I give to other bloggers and receive brings me a ray of sunshine.
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Posted by Teddyrose@1 on August 31, 2008 Posted in Contests | 4 Comments
Anne at Reading, Writing, and Rantinghada contest to give away an autographed copy of this wonderful sounding book. To read the first chapter, gohere. To find out more about the book and the author, please click on the book, which will bring you toDavid Fuller’s website.
From Amazon: “Cassius, a secretly literate slave on a Civil War–era Virginia tobacco plantation, is determined to track down whoever killed his mentor and surrogate mother, Emoline Justice, a free black woman.” This is how Anne announced that I was the winner, so much fun!!
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In Northern California teenage sisters Claire and Anna live with their father and work the family farm together with Coop, a boy who is brought into the family from a neighboring farm. Very quickly this family shatters. To say why, would be to give away a spoiler. So, sorry dear readers my lips are sealed! I will say that we do follow all three characters into their adult lives. Anna becomes a writer of biographies, which brings us to the second half of the book. She writes about the life of turn-of-the-century French poet named Lucien Segura. There was also another story within the story.
This book is about the past, loss, and passion.
To be quite honest, at times I had trouble following along. I wasn’t always sure what family I was reading about until I read further. Then I would catch up and follow smoothly along until it happened again.
I didn’t dislike this book, but I do think it would have been better written as three short stories. I just didn’t see the connection. That said, Ondaatje’s descriptions of both landscape and characters were amazing.
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